The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INSULIN
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More clues leading to the result INSULIN
- How unmarried couples used to live, swallowing extremely unusual hormone
- Hormone abuse is not ending at home
- Hormone abuse, endlessly popular
- Diabetic treatment mostly degrading when temperature's out
- Drug abuse not totally cool
- Doctor is funnily without limits getting hormone
- Puttin’ down timeless drug
- Drug and endless drink — one litre knocked back entering pub
- Slight cut in hormone
- Nuns I listin order showing secretion
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The straight part
We know that "hormone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hormone = insulin.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSULIN mean?
INSULIN noun- A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.